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roLITICAL sKETCLIES. (No XI.) E-- 0f S- -. The tAiewq, iflligtry, and very extensive information of this Nobleman, ant and admired by all, even hy those to whom they are toppoSel. The personal regard I hare for him., as well as his high abilities, occasion my regiet that hr left env service, and would render his return to Mi. oist,rial Employment perfectly agreeable to me. Ite.ides, thoogh Irt has opposed the Measures of Administration with spirit and vigour, I do not know that he has ever stitlered his pa“ions to preclude propriety and moderation from his con- Auct. Abuse and calumny have not mingled in his debates t, and he has it, managed his public opposition as not to lose his private friends. lle treats the Ministers as men with whom. in the Oil, and flow of polities, he maybe again united: in this he acts with wisdom, and I sincerely wish that such an union may not he far distant.—The political erudition of this man would do honour and service to any Administration. Lord S— found a eery early prepossession against him In the - opinion of mankind. The late Lord llolland has heel' accused of giving this unfavourable idea of him t; ami the world, which did not pay any great regard to his sentiments in general, were disposed to adopt it very universally in this. But his steady perseverance, uncommon industry, great abi lities, and consistent application Of them, seem to hart wiped away these prejudicial notions of him ; and I should not be surprised if he was to become a popular character, and an object. of public confidence. I am not sorry there is such a Peer in my realms, thonzh he to steadily and so powerfully opposes the m?asures of Covern picot. Besides, lam not so averse to some kind of Opposi tions as many, who think they have a Lynx's eye, may sop_ E- S- -. Sarah, Dutchess of Marlborough, acted, without doubt, from caprice, in the division of her immense fortune; but if inch a disposition of property hid proceeded from one who was accustomed to cool deliberation in the affairs of life, it wmild hare been considered as an act of wisdom. This Lord is a very honourable character ; many znofi and prat qualities belong to him; and if sudden gusts of pacsion cquetimes discompose his temper, he has a friend always at liana, whose smiles hush the storm in a moment. Vat a blessing it is to have such a certain and delightful remedy for the weakness or violence of human nature. To be thus governed, •uhmission is a pleasure ; and when the failings of the husband call forth such amiable and uncom mon exertions of tenderness in the wife, they may be said al most to lose their evil tendency in the good they occasion. It may not, perhaps, be univercally!own, that this Nobleman was the only person v, , ho ever excited any consi derable etnolions of jealomy in tie breast of Lott! B—. Thor was a certain tino. wlicti the Faum,irifr SAW with ap prehension what appealed to be too great a share of It— —I favour, 'r hese !rutin - lents, I should apprehend, were written, at least, before List winter: however, if they should he the writer's present opinions,—the 11—h—p of V— will not, I believe, subscribe to them as the Articles of his Faith. Lord H-- is thought to be the unlucky Godfather, who to his other names added that of Merrgrida. § A Parliamentary Opposition, though it may be very troublesome to Mitostets, and sometimes even mortifying to the Sovereign, appears to be necessary to force circumspec tion upon the former; tool, if they should he had men,which has sometimes been the case, to give savior{ informatiou to tire latter. A King of this Conntry would he the most de pendent man its it, if his ""'s were secure from ally check but that of conscience. State Policy and ;s:eccssity, which are mentioned by the Writer of this volume with an affectiog sensibility, are too often at enmity with moral honesty; and a Mitii.ner, whatever integrity he may pos:ess, will he fre quently obliged, and in length of time habituated, to do thiugs in his public capacity, which, as a iirivate laan, he would blush to think ,if. They whoa re called to share in the business and eillolUllielltS of the State, are 110 more exempt from frailties than other tnen, and are more in the way of templatiotti than almost any others. A Briti , di Sovereign, therefore, who, considering the changes and chances of Mi. nisrerml Establishments, and the uncertain tenure of the best-formed Adininistratimis, cannot, with prudence, repine art imiilicit confidence in any, is indebted to an Opposition, which, by coutinually sifting the conduct of Ministers, may awaken their caution, and give that insight into political matters, which the latter would, firth ips, wish to hide from their Master. By these means be is Cr equent ly !setter quali fied than he otherwise might be, to examine the measures of his servant¢ himself, and to deliberate with them tut the im portant Affairs of Government. Besides, a Minister who knows the ability and vigilance of his opponents, if possible, will not venture to he incorrect in private consultations pre vious to any public business, lest his errors should be de tected, and his ignorance ur indolence t xposed to the Supreme Power. . . I he present Opposition, though small in numbers, is great in Aliihty and political Industry, and spares neither pains nor eloquence to expo , e the measures of Government. With out d o ubt, prejudice and passion may sometimes govern t flew, as it does all parties; nevertheless, a great deal of know ledge, and curious observations, flows from their lips and their pens ; which, however directed, may enable the I'm to form a noire accurate judgment of any propositions or de signs of Monsters, and give him a chic by which he may be aide to detect any hit-king Interests or errottions Principles. In short, an' Opposition is the altrrof piir.k, the other side of the question, which it is absolutely necessary fur the Judge to hear, in order to determine with wisdom. It is almost trilling to suppose such an improbable event ; butt if, in some future time, a Si " should league with his Ministers to increase his own prerogatives at the expense of Public Liberty, then an able Opposition would be a •tublioru obstacle to the it— —I designs, and the people might be in dehted to it Gil their preservation. But, :teem-dim; to the above faint sketch of the matter, when a Prince, as is the case at present, wit hes from his heart the true welfare of hit People, both he and they would be at the mercy of Minister.,, if there was no Parliamentary Opposition ; an idea sutleietit to make a Stoic tremble.—Ditide et impera is a trite, but not always a contemptible maxim. LONDON JOURNALS. [Morning Chronicle, Sept. 12.) In a Letter from Tobago, in our Paper of Monday last, the Writer mentioned his having, at the mouth of the Orinoco, fallen in with Admiral Brion, in the Victory, with a part of the squadron under his command, having on board 10,000 muskets and a large quantity of gun-powder, and other mili tary stores; and ha stated also, by way of 'hewing the im pittance of these supplies, that 4,000 stand of arms did not remain in the country. By a letter from Trinidad, of the 3uth July, it appears that these supplies have enabled Bolivar to recommence hostilities under great advantages, and that he is proceeding to the province of Cumana, to assist Marino in the attack by land, whilst Brion proceeds round to attack it by sea. It is stated that the accounts from Nlarino are most favourable, and that the affairs of the Patriots never wore a Inure brilliant aspect than at the present moment. Our friend, whose Letter from Tobago we have already M inded to, states, that when Bolivar commenced his operations ha December last, he bad out more than 1200 muskets in his possession, and that he was frequently obliged to send away recruits from the want of means wherewithal to arm them. There are hut too many people in Trinidad and the Neutral I•lands, interested in micrepresenting the affairs of the Pa_ tc iuts ; and iu tli:s country we are apt out to make sufficient allowance for the situation of the Patriots, and o forget the difficulties of ofit3ininl.r, supplies in th e i ii t er j ‘ , of an eaten sire country, of which the ports are in possession of the rnrmy, Our Government have declared their intention to remain neutral in the South American contest; but it appears that the Governors of some of our West India Island♦ depart front this neutrality in favour of the Spaniards. The conduct of the Governor o f Trinidad, in particular, has been often the subject of complaint ; and his prejudice in favour of the Spa niards k said to he so strong, that he lately tent two boats with ammunition for the a•aruison of Ctunana. [Morning Herald.] Ivp to right o'clock no change had taken place. tier Ma jesty remained free from any violent sympitun of her com plaint, and, compared with the preceding week, certainly in a notch more favourable state. The Duke of York arrived front the horse Guards. and the Prince Regent from Hampton Court, about six o'clock; and, after visiting her Majesty, they dined with the Princesses. Mr. Keate, and Mr. Brandt., of Arlington- st rett, who furnishes the medicines for the use of her Al.tjesty, were both in attendance with Sir Francis Milman, on Thursday night, and slept at the Palace. Sir Henry Milford returned from Windsor Castle, :shunt three o'clock, this day, anti, we understand, lett the Princess Sophia in very inditTerent state of health. Her Ru?•al Highness has been evidently declining ever since the death of the Princess Charlotte. THEATRICAL. REGISTER. l'erf.rmed I,aAt Night. TilrATltr. 'ROYAL, CovVST-(;Attor.v.—Roll Ruy Maezregor: Francis Oshaliiist one, Nlr. l'yne : Diana Veriisiti, N 1 .154 Mat thews. After which, Personation. To wllieb was addtd, X. Y. Z. To EAT I, ROYAL„ I !AVM.% HKF.T.—The Homy-Nloort : The Doke Aranza, Mr. ‘Varele ; Juliana, Mrs. Gibhi. After which, The Glee!: Mall. TA VAT HE RoTAL, EN:GUST! OPERA, STK.% : .\I r. Pearniao; Daphne, Ntiss I. Sitephensoo. After which, Amateurs and ALtors. To which was added, La Pcruuse. *.• For INSoLVF.NT DEBToi:3' ACT, and LITKRARY ItErtrw, sre the First Pagr—Fur PRovINCIAL JoV/INALS, lee the Last Page, MAILS. Alum , En-1 I.‘Vaterford. 1)61L-1 Guernsey and Jeisey, I France. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS OAT AT rwr.t,i/y. o'CLUCK. 1 3 per Cent. C0n5.........75i Exch. Bills, id... 18s. Ifls. pr. 5 prr Cent. N. Ann.... 105 f I Oinniuni .... dis. mi India Bonds.-- 84s. 85.. pr. c..iis. Inr Account 750 111(11 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO•NIORROW. Morning, 5 minutes aftrr I. I Ercniug, 30 imilutes after 1. 'l'llli SUN. •OLEM QUIS ISICERE FALSUM AUDNAT LONDON, SiTURD3Y, SEPTEMBER 12, 1818. THE QUEEN.—The following is the. Bulletin of this dny : " KEW PALACE, SEPT. 12. " Ilen MAJESTY has had an indifferent night, and remains much indisposed, but without any material alteration in her symptoms. (Signed) 4 ' H. HAI rORD. " F. NIILMAN." We received this morning the Paris Papers► of Tuesday last. Those of Wednesday, which were due, have not arrived. The following are extracts : " I'ARIS, SEPT. B.—Yesterday his Majesty transacted business with the Duke de Richelieu, and afterwards promenaded to Rainey. " The Duke of Orleans visite.l yesterday morning Prince Augustus of Prussia. " A Portuguese Jew has died at Paris aged 103. " At NlAgognano, in the environs of Viterbe, a discovery has been made of an immense number of fossil bones of all sizes ; amoilit them are time bones of elephants, lioas, and of several species of birds. " The Mandat of appearance, by virtue of which M. Mealier, the Juge d'lnstruetiun, interro gated Lieut.-General Donadieu, has not been fol lowed by any other 1/artdit, and that Officer re mains at liberty. Yesterday a printed paper was circulated, signed by the 114ron Cannel, M. M. de Chappedelaine, Rieux-Songy, Ron illy, Joannis, and by M. 13, rryer, jun. their Counsel the ob ject of it is to solicit a prompt report on the part of the Juge d' Instruction respecting their case. " From Aix-la-Chapelle the 3d inst. we learn, that the preceding evening a part of the equipages of the Emperor of Austria arrived there, consisting of 80 horses, and 16 carriages, some with four and others with two horses.—Matlemoiselle Eliza Garnerin was there making preparations for the aerostatic experiments, which she proposes to wake during the stay of the Sovereigns." We had written thus far when we received the Paris Payers of Wednesday last. The following are extracts : " Pants, Suer. 9.—Vesterday, before mass, at a private audience, his Majesty received from Sir Charles Stuart, the E,igli.h Ambassador, Let ters from his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, notifying the marriagt of his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge with her Serene Highness the Princebs Augusta Wilheltnina Louisa, of Hesse Cassel ; and that of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence %%NI her Serene Highness the Princess Amelia Adelaide Louisa, of Saxe Meiningen. After mass, the Ambassadors and Foreign Ministers paid their respects to the King rind Royal Family• " Count Corvette, the Minister of Finance, who is entirely recovered, paid his respects to the King yesterday. " The Earl Stanhope arrived a few days Since at Paris. " After reviewing the different corps in Al sace the Duke of Wellington returned the 4th inst. to Canubray, We learn from Bagneres, the 29th tilt., that Iris Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, hay• hug changed his route, in order to enter the de partment of Upper Pyrenees, had arrived in that town. Alter visiting the valley of Compan, and the Cascade of Ciripp, his Royal Highness dined with the Prefect, whose party on the occasion consist ed of several English of distinction, and the prin cipal Functionaries. On the 31st his Royal High ness arrived at Nimes, from whence he set out on the Ist inst. FIVE PER CENTS. Shut price .... 77 f. 75 e. Ex. D. Monday .. 74 f. 3U c. Ex. [)iv. Tilelday Loan Certificates DEFERRED STOCK Monday. Tuesday. Of the 22d March, 1417. Sfif. 75 e.... 84;1. c. 9211 Kept. IFI 17.... S 4 f. 75 c.... S 4 f. —c. 22d March, ISIS f. 75 c....»► f. 75c. " BERLIN, Auo. 29.—Prince Blucher is re- covering*. AZX-LA•CHAPELLF., SEPT. 3.—lt appears to be certain, that the Allied Sovereigns will wHke their public entry here on the 27th instant, and it is understood, they will not retn.tin here wore than three weeks. " MADRID, Auo. 26.—Genered the Count de l'Abisbal has set out from hence to proceed to Cadiz ; he k to command the Grind Expedition about to proceed to America." This morning we received New York Pipers to the 16th, Charleston to the 6th, ai:d Boston to the 16th tilt. CABINET TRANSACTIONS As soon as the news of General JAcxsos's Conquest of Pensacola reached Washington, the PRESIDENT, who wns much embarrassed, sum moned his Cabinet Councillors, when the follow ing questions were propounded by Mr. MoNROP,, and the answers given by the Cabinet, which are annexed : Firtt—May Pensacola be retained, risking all coasequences at home or abroad 1' .Iw-ever—No: it wool(' he declarative of war. Second—Shall the captured Spanish ports be restored, and General Jackson put on his trial before a Court-martial for breach of orders and unofficer-like conduct ? Auszttr—No : it wilt not appear that the General has vio lated the spirit of his orders ; nor will his conduct be proved unofticer-like. Third—Shall the port he restored, and the acts of General Jackson he disavowed, at the same time justifying his ;natives? dinswer—Yes : requiring of the Spanish Government gar risons adequate to fulfil the requisitions of the Treaty between Spain and the United States, The Democratic Press gives the following itn portHnt ilitormation " On our parts, war was in every respect thereby a war de veto, without any previous declaration. But what shall we say of the fate of AMBRISTER. ARBUTHNOT was executed as a spy; on this charge the Court expressly acquitted him. It appears from Gen. JAcxsoN's own order on the subject, that lie was shot in direct opposition to tl►e Court. It is true that the Court in the first instance entered up judgment of dead► against hint, but im mediately thereafter, and before the prnceeding had been laid before the General, the Court re scinded that judgment, and sentenced the pri soner to be dogged and imprisoned. General JACKSON, however, in the plenitude of his seve rity, dashed his pen against the sentence, and ordered the wt etched victim to instant execution. " Now, let it be considered that a Coort martial had the right to try these men, but which there is abundant room to doubt ; and let it also be supposed, that the Court, instead of flogging and imprisoning, had sentenced AMBRISTER to be shot, still the question will recur—Why this in decent hurry in the Commander-in-Chief ; why were not the two cases referred to the President for his decision ?—By the 65th Article of War (Act of Congress, 10th April, 1816), it is ex pressly enacted, that no sentence of a General Court-Martial, in time of Peace, extending to the loss of life, shall be carried into execu tion, until the whole proceedings have been laid before the President of the United States ; but to this, perhaps, it may he objected, that these Men were executed in time of War; bo this War slwrild have been declared by the Congress of the United States, and not by a General-in-Chief. " General JACKSON, in his Orders, justifies the execution on this ground—that ARBUTHNOT and AmaarsTEß were subjects of a neutral Power ; but let this be thrown aside ; has any body read or heard of an execution in modern times on the ground as assumed by General JAcKsoz; ? There are many foreigners vtlin brave Aervcs:i in F. vrqg and America at the pr esen t day, but Iv" re'lr dreatn that they would march to bai tit will' baiter ( b round their ne c k s; nor was ever a single foreig ne executed by the British on the grounds ta ke " I) : Gent ral JAcitsort. If so, let the precedent t cited for his justification, and that of the Cltir i : which sat under his Orders, so far as respects case of ARBUTHNOT, for the Court is g iiildeS S° the blood of AMBRISTBR. " To the foregoing fact may be added JacxsoN has left positive instructions vri!li t i ° Officer commanding in Florida not to yield t 1 Spanish posts to any authority whatever, nor' ° to the orders of the President of the United stotes' wit bout giving him (Gen. J.) days' PreliQu notice." The President of the United States has jos" a special order for the trial of Captain IVI I°11 : for ,\I order, on the following section of ale% of the United States, " that any person or cid ° that shall go into any town or settlement I)o°4' ing to the In&ans, and shall commit muill er bi killing any Indian or Indians belonging 1° ant tribe of Indians in amity with the United Sti such o ff ender, on being convicted, shall 06' de,,th." FROM HAYTt.—Copt. BIRD, from Aux haler , , informs, that CFI I:I‘.JTOPH a and his forces r ell°.(l ed quietly about fourteen leagues from P art.6tia (7 , Prince, and that the troops which had be en , 1 t tiered by BovER to Port-au-Prince had re ldri't :, there being no longer any apprehension of ail . s o s tack from CFI RIsToPHE, and the force there b e ' deemed sufficient for its protection. Further accounts by a Gentleman oh “ ° Cape Henry on the 28th July, informs, (I '' itl ,o reports of CH RISTuPH E'S military exP ellii „ l o against the Haytian Republic are entirely oith-i, foundation ; that he was only on a tour of vivion through his territories, and has no gl ib( force with him whatever. At length the OFFICIAL DisrATclits „, Ships employed on the Discovery of TO S •11 0 LI : WEST PASSAGE have been received, ant i ' le u d derstand are most satisfactory. They a re i st i j o July 28th, at which time the Isabella onu Alexander were in tat. 75 ° 30' N. long. 6° th o W. well over to the American Coast, the serene and perfectly clear. The variation Jif compass, by accurate observations repe4tedie made on board both ships, was 89' 11 : e 84° 30', which led them to conclude tha t retiC r e were approaching very nearly to the I\D s iti Pole. It bad been perfectly calm, and til e s , ( tic smooth as glass for three or four days, An(' current drifted them to the South- east 4 elf which raised their hopes of an open 110VIi‘ round the point of America, from which e rt . l mils appeared to proceed. All the way up t he e lll l ,l of of Davis' Strait they skirted an unbroken , ro t Ice on the left, but as they proccedd it bec o eto thinner and apparently rotten, and they ti? sanguine that the moment the breeze 5 1 7ruij : 0 ? the Ice to the tVest ward would open 01 0.9 igo sage, and allow them to reach the °11,,,ip shores of America. The utmost harmonY ell among the Officers and every part of t l , e" still Company, and all were in perfect health " bo o is the substance of the accounts which Il e eo f nC been able to learn. 'There are ebtl d'itioo private letters to the friends and relati ons ott od who have embarked in this most i(pportillt interesting enterprize. The Extracts from Madras Gazettes to (13 e 1 91 11 of May will be found in our Fourth Pdg e. iio te chiefly confirm the intelligence which Wevret before presented to our Readers, 3 0 the o rs' that the prompt, efficient, and decisive nle:sl/00 of the Marquis of HASTINGS a re likelY to r ecto and to secure tranquillity. ,eoer --.......0.----- I The accounts received this day from ' ft uf n v i l eh o re mention, that alt was perfectly quie t 0 " l a ird day evening ; that information had bee" re i l ot t t i le e r r e c i f n rac t i h o e ry co ‘‘ u 7 r: a e ve o i f s t , hat day, that suffl e I c e d a few shops there, and I: t it l ß t i l 't a c n k )a b g n e ll:l'ilbu'ed/ef : 01 : 000: those who were employed, but that this °" tr- 0, transaction was not carried to any gr eat esi ~f ~,iforw"" The following following paragraph appears to i i'n id Chronicle of this day : 0 010 r " The public are aware, from Mr. TIRO O M' s e 5 o ot ' letter to Sir S. ItomiLLY, that his ()tier of lii , " seli° ,t‘tir e % the Board of Honorary Commissioners, to " l ' i ' b i . l i i i i ef l''' i was affixed, was rejected by the eminent be 3d ° '. l i o ir ' l°°b ,f Department with silent contempt. The coll"trY‘ ii6,;3ti''''; duly appreciate that purity of taste and eselq 040 politeness, which could almost rush into t he 11 , '1 :,:rr eil°11i' fitTNT, Esq. whilst it repudiated the taint of au} t ofi ruca' eller with HENRY B MAT 0 HAM." OW" - r. ofJ It is hardly necessary to make any c lc , P - ,, i the above impudent and scurrilous 3ric of Sipm° l - 7 TH , from a sense of pc t cki;:iotti°9 it necesssary to attend to th e 401131°